India vs South Africa, 3rd T20I: India edge Proteas by 7 runs to seal historic T20 series win on South African soil

In the decider T20 match, it will be interesting to see whether Indian side outcast the home side completely and clinch the series 2-1 or the South African side ends the series on a winning note.

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India vs South Africa, 3rd T20I: India edge Proteas by 7 runs to seal historic T20 series win on South African soil

Team India eyes to clinch series against the host(Source - Twitter BCCI)

Virat Kohli-led Team India is looking to end the South African tour on a winning note in the 3rd and final T20 International match against the host.

In the second Twenty20 International match at Centurion, South Africa chased down the total of 190 easily and beat India by 6 wickets. Partnership by JP Duminy and Heinrich Klaasen helped the host to claim victory in the match and level series 1-1.

In the decider T20 match, it will be interesting to see whether Indian side outcast the home side completely and clinch the series 2-1 or the South African side ends the series on a winning note.

LIVE updates:

# India win by 7 runs, clinhes series 2-1.

# SA need 19 runs off the last over

# After 18 overs, SA 138/5

# With 2 wickets and 11 runs off the over, SA 120/5 aftr 17 overs.

# After 16 overs, SA 109/4 Duminy OUT at 55.

# Huge SIX! by Duminy

# After 14 overs, SA 91/3 with Jonker (11) and Duminy(40) at crease. 

# Klaasen departs at 7, SA 81/3

# Back-to-back SIXES by Duminy

# After 11 overs, SA 58/2 with Duminy(22) and Klaasen(3) at crease.

# With 7 runs off the over, SA 52/2 after 10 overs.

# First ball of the 10 overs, Raina scalps Miller at 24

SA 45/1 after 9 overs

# After 8 overs, SA 38/1 with Duminy(12) and Miller(18) out in the middle.

FOUR! after 29 balls

# With a run rate of 4.29, SA 30/1 after 7 overs

# Hardik Pandya replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar

# With just 3 runs added to the total , SA 25/1 after 6 overs

# After 5 overs, SA 22/1 with Duminy(3) and Miller(11) at crease

# With 6 runs off the over, SA 18/1 after 4 overs

1 run on the last ball of Indian innings, IND 172/7

# Chris Morris picks Karthik, IND 168/7

# Pandya departs at 21, Morris picks up the wicket

# With 15 runs off the over, IND 163/5 after 19 overs

# Back-to-back FOURs by Dinesh Karthik

# Dhoni goes for a big short and caught at long on, departs at 12

# Inside edge by Dhoni and FOUR!

# After 18 overs, IND 147/4

# Its a SIX! by Pandya.

# After 17 overs, IND 136/4 with Dhoni(4) and Pandya(13) at crease.

# MS Dhoni comes out to bat.

# Shikhar Dhawan is RUN OUT! at 45, IND 126/4

# With just 8 runs off the over, IND 125/3 after 15 overs

# After 14 overs, IND 117/3 with Pandya(2) and Dhawan(45) at crease.

# Hardik Pandya comes to bat

# Manish Pandey departs at 13, IND 111/3 

# Powerful shot by Shikhar Dhawan, IND 111/1 after 13 overs

100 UP for INDIA, After 12 overs, IND 102/2 with Dhawan(34) and Pandey(11)

# First boundary by Shikhar Dhawan

SIX! by Manish Pandey

# With just 4 runs off the over, IND 85/2 after 11 overs

# After 10 overs, IND 81/2 with Dhawan(23) and Pandey(1) at crease.

# Raina tries straight shot for six and its caught by Behardien, departs at 43

# With 10 runs in the over, IND 75/1 after 9 o9vers with Raina(42) and Dhawan(19) at crease.

# Misfield at sweeper cover, and a FOUR

# Good over for South African side by Shamsi, IND 65/1 after 8 overs

# Only 5 runs added to the total, IND 62/1 after 7 overs

# JP Duminy comes to bowl replacing Phehlukwayo 

# With 10 runs added in the over, IND 57/1 after 6 overs

# After 5 overs, IND 47/1 with Raina(24) and Dhawan(9) out in the middle.

# Its back-to-back FOURS! by Raina(22) off 10 balls

# With just 5 runs added to the total, IND 35/1 

# After 3 overs, IND 30/1 with Raina(13) and Dhawan(4) out in the middle.

# Its a SIX! Suresh Raina kicks start with a six, IND 22/1 after 2 overs

# Again a FOUR! courtesy Rohit Sharma, IND 13/0 after 1 over

FOUR! by Rohit Sharma

# First ball NOT BALL!

# Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma comes out to bat

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